Diana from Portland,Or

The Black Echo: Harry Bosch Series, Book 1

For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic....

What a Terrific Book

By
Daniel McAfee
on
08-01-08

Devil's Garden

By:
Ace Atkins

Narrated by:
Dick Hill

Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins

Unabridged

Overall

23

Performance

12

Story

12

San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch....

Steamy 1920s Hollywood

By
Kindle Customer
on
02-19-12

The Force

A Novel

By:
Don Winslow

Narrated by:
Dion Graham

Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins

Unabridged

Overall

2,640

Performance

2,467

Story

2,459

All Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop. He is the King of Manhattan North, a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da Force"....

Winslow continus to amaze

By
Steve L
on
07-13-17

Open and Shut

By:
David Rosenfelt

Narrated by:
Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

2,742

Performance

1,813

Story

1,801

Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan....

Does Anyone Else Notice the Missing Content?

By
pewter
on
02-05-13

Rules of Prey

A Lucas Davenport Novel

By:
John Sandford

Narrated by:
Richard Ferrone

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4,252

Performance

3,269

Story

3,259

The "maddog" murderer who is terrorizing the Twin Cities is two things: insane and extremely intelligent....

I love this series

By
D
on
08-31-11

Publisher's Summary

He has been compared to Lehane, Ellroy, and Pelecanos, but Ace Atkins's rich, raucous, passionate blend of historical novel and crime story is all his own - and never more so than in Infamous.

In July 1933, the gangster known as George "Machine Gun" Kelly staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oil­man. He would live to regret it. Kelly was never the sharpest knife in the drawer, and what started clean soon became messy, as two of his partners cut themselves into the action; a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission; and Kelly's wife, ever alert to her own self-interests, starts playing both ends against the middle. The result is a mesmerizing tale set in the first days of the modern FBI, featuring one of the best femmes fatales in history - the Lady Macbeth of Depression-era crime - a great unexpected hero, and some of the most colorful supporting characters in recent crime fiction.

Story

Bringing the past to life

I didn't really know what to expect when I downloaded this book. I didn't read the blurb very well - to be honest, I just downloaded it in a three for two sale.
I was very pleasantly surprised, however. Ace Atkins writes great 'prohibition' prose (ok, it's set after prohibition, but you know what I mean) and Dick Hill, with his very deliberate, precise, narration places the drama beautifully in its historical context.

EXCELLENT!

Ace Atkins gives us an unprecedented view of a crime spree which lasted only a few months after the kidnapping of a rich oil man. George Kelly is portrayed as a weak criminal ruled by his overbearing, blood-thirsty wife Kathryn. Just about every major character and event of the era is woven into this rich story of murder, sex, crime, law enforcement, and greed. The supporting characters are just as colorful as Kelly and Kit. Lawman Gus Jones is a standout as well as the precocious child Geri Arnold, smoking Lucky Strikes and sipping Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.. The narrator elevates the whole story with his mastery of different voices. Well worth the price of admission!

Confused and Random

Couldn't have been more disappointed. The random plot seemed to have been lost almost from the beginning. The wild array of slightly developed characters were difficult to distinguish one from the other. I guess this was written to be a start of a movie script for quick sell. Perhaps the use of pictures would help bring forward clarity of the characters but not sure there is any help for the plot. Lack of plot doesn't seem to stand in the way of many movies these days.

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knittyboot

06-06-11

Delivers just what it says on the box

I loved this book. Normally when I write a review I try and answer all the questions I had about the book before I listened to it. But in this case I’m keeping it short; the book is exactly as described in the synopsis. The only thing to add is Dick Hill's narration is spot on, really added to my enjoyment